You didn’t think I’d forget about the professional dancers, now did you?

In case you’ve missed it… last week, there was a post with polls asking you – the reader – to choose one star per season that you’d love to see come back for the “All Star” Season of Dancing with the Stars (aka Season 15). There have been a lot of pros that have come and gone throughout the seasons, so now is your chance to pick the twelve pros that you’d love to see come back.

I have included pros that have only been on the show for one season, those that have left the show for greener pastures (Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska and Julianne Hough). So anything goes here.

Why twelve professional dancers? For the past several seasons the show have had either eleven or twelve couples… so I figured this season should include twelve couples as well. I suppose we’ll see.

My life can be summed up in the following two quotes: 1) "I am married to engineering and am its faithful wife by day, but at night my wanderlust takes hold and the arts becomes my jealous paramour." and... 2) "Engineering is my safety net. Writing is my passion. Acting is my escape when the other two become too much." So where does dancing fit in? Pretty much anywhere at this point... =)

80 responses to "DWTS Season 15: “All-Star” Season – Pick your Pros!"

I voted for Inna Breyer as one of the pros cuz she was only on 1 season and eliminated early and we never seen what potential she really had as a pro on the show even when she was eliminated she never did any pro numbers so I would like to see TPTB give her a second chance like they gave Peta after her first season early elimination. I am also really open to the Idea of having Sharna replace Cheryl this upcoming season. I feel Cheryl needs to take 2 or 3 seasons off to get her attitude in check and change her choreography because its became so predictable where other pros like Derek’ choreography is always different and unpredictable cuz making it interesting. I think Tony can also benefit from a few seasons off for the same reason as Cheryl

i mean the choreography reason not the attitude for Tony I just find his choreography boring and careful and may benefit from 2 seasons off to refresh and not have choreography block like it seems he has now

Seems like ages ago that some of these pros have been on the show, to me they don’t even count.

The ladies choices were obvious to me, the men not so much. I was torn with a few of them. If I had to choose between Dimitry and Louis, it would be Louis hands down, at least I remember some of his work with Kelly, Dimitry on the other hand, puts me to sleep with his personality and his dancing.

Val (he is my favorite male pro)
Tristan (would love to see what he can do with a real contender)
Derek (for his dancing and choreographer
Maks (wouldn’t feel like the show without him)
Jonathan (would LOVE to see him back)
Louis (have always enjoyed seeing him dance)

Karina (my favorite female pro)
Peta
Anna
Chelsie
Kym
(I love these four and would miss them way too much)
Edyta (like Jonathan, I miss her very much)

my pros
Val (1/2 of my favorite male pros)
Mark(2/2 of my favorite male pros)
Derek (good)
Maksim(drama, great choreo)
Dmitry(sexy for the women, and he is good)
Tristan(good)
*I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME BRO AND FAVORITE HENRY BYALIKOV ON.

FEMALES:
PETA( 1/2 FAVORITE FEMALE PRO)
CHELSIE (2/2 FAVORITE FEMALE PRO)
KARINA (ABSOLUTELY STUNNINGLY PHENOMENAL)
EMMA(FROM THE TROUPE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER DEBUT)
SHARNA(LOVE A DEBUT
JULIANNE(BUT SHE MAY NOT COME BACK BUT SHE IS CLEARLY THE BEST FEMALE PRO EVER)

As far as Julianne goes, I have no desire to see her in the All Star lineup either. We have seen her dance in some form over the years, but in my opinion, her DWTS pro status has been gone for too long.

Maybe its just me, but I am not overly enthused with this All-Star thing. It just seems like it could be leaning more toward a drama filled trainwreck of a reality show.

Absolutely, Rick! A compromise would be to alternate the pro’s the celebs dance with. I think it would be fun, and the celebs would get a chance to dance with the pro they had before at least once. I like keeping them on for a few weeks before the first elimination too, but I don’t know if that’s a good idea, from a ratings standpoint.

I’d like to see as many of the original pairings as possible. I’m not much for the switching pros idea. And it seems some of the pros and celebs have made it clear they want their original pros/partners as well. To me a lot of the magic was in the pairings and watching their journey together as partners on the show. And that’s what I’d like to see again. Some of these stars are not going to have their original appeal to me with a different pro I’m afraid.

As long as Derek is on the next season,I don’t really care who else is on. If there isn’t Derek, it’s not DWTS! He’s by far the BEST pro ever male or female. When Derek sat out Season 12, I just didn’t watch until the Finals when Hines Ward made it and won! Steeler Nation for the win!

I agree with Sandy #17 and am worried that an All-Star show might end up being a “drama-filled trainwreck of a reality show.” I’m of the mind that “if it ain’t broke…….” I guess we’ll just have to see how it plays out. But at any rate, even though I hope for his career that he will be off doing other wonderful gigs, I selfishly want to enjoy Derek dancing on the show again, so I hope he will show up in one way or another.

Wow, didn’t expect Anna to have so many fans, and I’m quite shocked that I’m not the only one with this opinion about Cheryl.

I would give Tony a break for some seasons, and would be really disappointed if Louis don’t make the final cut. The only reason I picked Maks is because he had a lot of potentially good/charismatic partners, so if one of them agrees on coming back, then I agree on having Maks back.

And I don’t think they’ll be bringing new pros for this specific season (as much as I’d LOVE to see Anya Garnis on a regular basis)

I think I’d love to see Damian come back with Pamela Anderson and to be honest I think I’d rather see Jonathon come back with Giselle from Season 2 or 3 instead of Tristan and one of his previous partners. Oops can’t re-vote. Anyhoo, I think it would be cool. Giselle was really good but she just wasn’t well known. A natural performer like Brooke Burke. Jonathan was the first male pro to catch my eye. He was so incredibily elegant.

It’s not that interesting if you can see the stats for the site. Two Tristan sites posted a link, whereas (as of this morning) no Derek or Mark sites had. I don’t remember seeing a maks site there either. When the vote totals are that close, it makes a difference. You should be only able to vote one here as well, whereas DaD is only a reflection of passion, not number of fans.

….just reminded me again of what a resounding, disappointing boring mess DAD was this season. I think it ranks as the worst ever, all I remember is a bunch of hair blowing and costumes half blown off… That plus Willy boy making final three shows you what “passion” voting gets ya…a bunch of bad dancing and more wasted time when someone much better could have been entertaining and fun to watch.

Heidi is correct on both her points above. I follow the main Maks fan twitter account (who has a pretty good following) & I don’t recall them tweeting out the link. If Maks, Derek, Mark, (insert any pro) fansites were pushing the vote, they would naturally have more votes than they do now. I actually prefer it when they don’t as it seems like a better representation of the average viewer.

Additionally, DAD is absolutely about passion voting. I vote a lot online when it comes to keeping my favorite on the show but I’m not a big DAD voter. I just don’t have the ‘passion’ to spend that amount of time voting over & over for what is really just another pro dance.

I like Chelsie well enough and wouldn’t mind her continuing to be on the show but I don’t think that total vote makes sense. It’s like over 600 people voted for just her, no others, or someone has found a way to rig the system. If she was that overwhelmining (almost twice the number of votes of some very popular pros), I can’t see how she hasn’t won, or how she and Roshon kept landing in the bottom two. If her vote total was even only 100 more than all the rest, I would believe she might be actually more popular than the others. Not trying to be mean, just that it seems like an outlier.

You and I are alike there, Michelle – I just don’t have it in me to power vote for DaD. I encourage others to do it, of course but I figure with running a Derek fansite and writing on this one, I’ve done my part. Of course I did vote – I just didn’t spend every free minute doing it as I know some do.

Besides, I kinda think that killing myself voting for Derek is….greedy. The man has won every time he was eligible but once, prior to this last time. Neither Derek nor his fans have anything to prove any more, IMO. Same for Maks and Mark, really.

Jess, there is ALWAYS a way to rig the system if you are desperate enough. Of course, I’m not willing to share just how that is done, you’ll have to trust me on that one. Also, I should add, I didn’t check to see if there was a bunch of people coming here from a chelsie fan site. I may look, later, if I have time. Cuz I’m curious about such things. You all might be disturbed to find out just how often I analyze the stats for this site.

While I like Chelsie and would like her to be on season 15, her leading the poll with such margin is so laughable. Clearly some fans are campaigning like crazy

I’m pessimistic about season 15 already So I don’t want Derek to be on since DWTS has been too frustrating lately and he needs to channel his talents elsewhere, not in such a manipulated show. Just want Tristan, Peta, and Chelsie to be on, because I’m curious about how they have developed, but the rest, any pro is fine.

Carlos, I bet you could do the same thing with most of the pros afterall, there are certain required steps for a dance, plus they really don’t have time to teach anyone very much. Don’t most of them fall back onto what works with beginners? I think what may be interesting is to see what each pro does with a naturally talented or trained talented dancer. Perhaps what Maks did with Mel B was more creative.

I don’t usually give it a lot of thought after, but I guess I was sooo disappointed this year about DAD cause I have hoped for sev seasons that Derek and Karina would get it…they are the 2 best, daring, most innovative and exciting pros.NJMO Anyone who had seen them dance together in live shows, especially know it. Anyway, after seeing Derek and Anna last season, the best DAD to date, I had hoped for Karina and DH even more, cause it would have been even better. If they were to ever get DAD and did an AT or a rumba, it would burn out the screen. An AT would prob be more memorable cause there would absolutely, finally, be a death drop, like DH didn’t get to do with Maria. Both he an Karina are too daredevil to pass up that opportunity. It is so hard to do, esp well, to work into the routine, everybody’s size has to be compatible, sooo many factors(and it’s scarey to do,U gotta have a lot of trust.) I think that’s why DH tried so hard to use it for MM, would’ve given her a huge advantage if they pulled it off. You don’t see it often, it’s dangerous and alot of work(and tryin it with a non-pro is why he ended up injured). Admit I shed a tear or 2 when I realized they wouldn’t be able to do it after he tweeted pics of treatments to his back-knew he’d be too concerned about dropping her. Many of us realized they were working on it after seeing bruises at particular angles and places on Maria’s legs. So many of my dance obsessed friends are SURE if he and Maria had been able to leave the death drop in their routine, it would have put them into the final 3. Anyway, he and Karina would have no prob and it would be breathtaking.

Jerry Springer and Cloris Leachman would be so fun for a Special-together or separately because of their senses of humor and acceptance of themselves. Jason Taylor is a watching wonder with a sense of humor and great discipline with enjoyment. Too soon to have Maria Menounous or Kathryn Jenkins back? Get creative: Specials for stars with grueling schedules ie. footballers in Spring after the games. Why does it have to one season of Alums? Group dances or spots with Pros might be possibilities. What about contestants who could never go to finals but “lost” with style and grace. like Gladys Knight, Winners of Lifetime Achievement? Is a Tie unthinkable? NO CRUSADES!!!

Andrea #67 No they weren’t able to it ..A good example of the suicide or death drop is the “Forever Tango” performance from S-13, I think. Prob on You-Tube. It’s towards the end of a presentation done by a professional troupe. Look for the woman being held above the guy’s head,

I don’t keep up with the girls’ fandom very well and so, I was surprised with Chelsie was in Design a Dance, but after looking at this poll, I’m not surprised any more!

Every time I vote I get a little sad, seeing Alec’s name. I got the idea from reading his and Edyta’s comments that they’ll never be back, even for a pro dance here and there, like Jonathan did this season. He was my first DWTS favorite and I don’t understand why they sat him out in Seasons 2 and 3. He’s so gorgeous and I think his personality is understated but funny and sexy. Oh well.

My new favorite is Tristan so I’m always happy to see him do well on polls – sure hope the producers like him. You never know with these guys who didn’t seem to value Alec or Damian at all – or Dmitry very much either, and I thought all three were great. I guess what they’re looking for and what I’m looking for are not the same things, but hopefully our priorities will coincide with Tristan – but with All Stars coming up, I can’t help but worry.

With the girls, I wonder which one is going to suffer the most if Peta becomes a regular fixture, though All Stars doesn’t do her any favors either, unless the celebs swap around or some pros have more than one ex-celeb come back. I think Lacey might be the most vulnerable of the top 6, but it might be Anna T or even Kym, who’s the same height as Peta and they’re both blonde bombshell types. That makes me sad because I like Kym better than Peta. If Sharna comes onboard, Lacey should watch out. They’re similar types too.

I went back and read all the comments – I thought you could vote on this one every day but it sounds like you can only vote once. I wondered why the vote total wasn’t higher. Oh well, now I know, and I’m impressed with your tech savvy!!

I wonder why ABC lets people vote as much as they want on Design a Dance? In the early years, they let people vote with non-verified emails for the regular show, but now they’ve started making the emails get verified. But still, they could limit it more than that. I don’t think they want to. Maybe they like the idea that there are fanbases that vote repeatedly for their fave?

Do you know if any other DWTS’s around the world allow all those hours on online voting? I’m pretty sure the flagship Strictly Come Dancing only allows telephone votes for one hour after the show and then they cut off all voting – and they don’t allow any online voting whatsoever. (unless they’ve recently changed). And I believe it’s only this year that the US show started allowing overseas telephone voting. Weird. So much I’d love to know that goes on behind the scenes with the producers’ scheming.

In the french DWTS, there’s no results show, so you have to vote, only by phone calls or text messages, during the show. There is a dance-off but as it’s up to the audience to choose, you are required to vote again by phone calls or text messages again, before the end of the show. And you can call or text messages as many times as you want, there’s no limit.

Oh wow, thanks for the info, Princess Heidi! You guys know so much!! That explains everything, you’re right. Maybe with Strictly being on BBC, they’re not as revenue-oriented.

And thanks, Miss Pompom, for the info about the French show. Seems like it would be a big advantage to go first there if you can only vote during the show. The last couple wouldn’t have nearly as much time for people to call in if they liked them as the earlier couples.

But I do like that the dance-offs are decided by the callers, especially since the system is fairer than our vote-all-night-if-you-want-to system.

I love everyone’s input here! Thinking about the voting process and how producer’s minds operate when it comes to determining which pros come back is intriguing! I personally love Tristan the most. I know he’s new, but he’s so compelling and charming, IMO. I would love to see him with a partner who is more capable than Nancy or Gladys. Don’t get me wrong, I loved his partnership with both of them, but I want to see him shine and not have to carefully ch oreograph his dances around partners with limited abilities, ya know?

@Gail, oh yes it was, that’s why the most popular contestant of last season went 1st the last 5 weeks (out of a total of 7). The last contestant was eliminated 3 times out of 4 during the 4 1st weeks.

I know it seems fairer, but believe me after seeing that bad, male chauvinist, stingy, arrogant, disrespectful towards the judges, contestant staying week after week, I would gladly have had a dance-off judged by the judges even though our Carrie Ann is far worse than the original one.

I have to admit I’m shocked that they don’t allow for more voting time after the final couple, Miss Pompon. In England, even when they used to tape the results show the same night as the performance show, they allowed an hour after the end of the show.

The couples and everyone took a dinner break or something, then came back and filmed the results show. However, they didn’t put it on air till the next evening. I guess the French tv channel doesn’t want to devote two nights to the show – is it not very popular in France?

It’s also fascinating that the judges aren’t the focus of anger but instead, the disrespectful contestants! That happens a little bit here but not much. Usually everybody hates on the judges for their inconsistent judging. I don’t blame them because I feel it’s the producers who are commanding the judges to comment and judge the way the producers want them to, and the judges are basically just actors with a “script” in front of them on their notepads.

I love all our judges – even Carrie Ann. (I don’t love all the pros or contestants though, lol, but I guess I like most of them, most of the time.) I save my rage for the producers and their manipulations!

We have had only 2 seasons so far, may be we will have a result show one day because it’s quite popular

I speak only for myself you know, I also felt angry with the producers for the pimping of this particular candidate and the obvious storytelling, and sometimes I felt angry with the judges especially our local Carrie-Ann and her very consistent judging, ie +1 for every male (+2 if he’s very attractive) and -1 for every female contestant